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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is described as a cripple in the book?
(a) Grace Stoner.
(b) Charles Walker.
(c) Katherine Driscoll.
(d) Hollis Lomax.

2. Where does Stoner begin spending his time after Edith remodels his study?
(a) The university.
(b) The library.
(c) The beach.
(d) A park.

3. What does Stoner question Walker about to see his basic knowledge during his oral examination?
(a) The Canterbury Tales.
(b) Renaissance literature.
(c) History of literature.
(d) Shakespeare.

4. How does Stoner describe his classes after Lomax takes over the English department?
(a) Boring and unfulfilling.
(b) Satisfying.
(c) Exciting.
(d) Fulfilling.

5. How many seminars are students required to take to finish a doctorate at Stoner's university?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

6. What does Stoner come down with in Chapter XIV?
(a) Severe flu.
(b) Mono.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Cancer.

7. Who begins questioning Walker during his oral examination that dashes Stoner's hopes for him?
(a) Frye.
(b) Lomax.
(c) Stoner.
(d) Holland.

8. What does Lomax claim was the reason that Stoner was prejudiced against Walker?
(a) Because he was a man.
(b) Because of his disability.
(c) Because he was white.
(d) Because he was dumb.

9. Which of the following ways does Stoner's personality not change in Chapter XIV?
(a) More direct with colleagues.
(b) Becomes nicer.
(c) Becomes sharper.
(d) Becomes ruder.

10. How does Stoner find Katherine when he goes to visit her after hearing she was sick?
(a) Desperately unhappy.
(b) Curious.
(c) Happy.
(d) Excited.

11. What is Stoner certain of regarding Katherine when he realizes he has feelings for her?
(a) She is too old.
(b) She is in love with him.
(c) She is too young.
(d) She isn't interested in him.

12. Who is not present at Walker's oral examination?
(a) Frye.
(b) Lomax.
(c) Holland.
(d) Finch.

13. Where do Stoner and Katherine go for their only trip away together?
(a) New York.
(b) Hawaii.
(c) The Ozarks.
(d) Chicago.

14. Who is described as being only a little annoyed by Katherine and Stoner's relationship?
(a) Lomax.
(b) Katherine's husband.
(c) Grace.
(d) Edith.

15. What does Stoner say when Finch asks him if he wants to be the new director of the English department?
(a) He asks for time to think.
(b) He accepts.
(c) He doesn't want the job.
(d) He laughs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the head of the freshman English department that complains to Lomax about Stoner?

2. What subject does Stoner begin teaching radically and causing complaints from students?

3. What does Stoner's student who audits his seminar present her final presentation on in Chapter IX?

4. Who does Stoner learn will be the new head of the English department from Finch?

5. How is the weather outside described when Stoner has his first out-of-body experience?

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